wriggling

wrig·gle  (rgl)

v. wrig·gled, wrig·gling, wrig·gles

v.intr.

1. To turn or twist the body with sinuous writhing motions; squirm.

2. To proceed with writhing motions.

3. To worm one's way into or out of a situation; insinuate or extricate oneself by sly or subtle means.

v.tr.

1. To move with a wriggling motion: wriggle a toe.

2. To make (one's way, for example) by or as if by wriggling: He wriggled his way into favor.

n.

1. A wriggling movement.

2. A sinuous path, line, or marking.

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[Middle English wrigglen, perhaps from Middle Low German wriggeln; see wer-² in Indo-European roots.]

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wriggly adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

wriggling - moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion; "wiggly worms" wriggly, writhing, wiggly moving - in motion; "a constantly moving crowd"; "the moving parts of the machine"